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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
1
By order of the Federal Fuel Administrator stores and shops in Silver Lake closed all day last Monday with all business suspended. The order remains in effect until April 1 and carries a heavy penalty for violators. Some food shops remained open in part, banks lightly active, post office open, and barber shops shut.
Revival services at the M. B. church were postponed due to a fuel shortage. The start date is not yet set, but it is likely to begin next week. Church members plan a wood cutting to secure fuel needs.
Taxpayers are urged to make advance payments for taxes due with a 3 percent discount offered from the payment date to June 15 1918. The incentive applies to the amount of taxes owed and encourages early remittance.
Somewhat improved Miss Mildred Jones of near Mentone, daughter of KE S Jones of this place, has been quite ill for several weeks.
Retail grocers from every Indiana county are summoned to a conference in Indianapolis on Wednesday January 30. Dr. Barnard calls the meeting to promote a plan to publish daily price figures to govern wholesale and retail trade across the state.
The passage urges wartime restraint in food use during 1918 as America joins a voluntary Food Administration effort to provide necessary supplies for the world. It emphasizes individual sacrifice to ensure sufficient food for global needs.
The agency urges consuming more corn to use the year’s large crop. It notes corn is the original American grain and has saved pioneers, arguing the surplus exceeds wheat and cannot be shipped to Europe. It calls for action domestically.
Federal Fuel Administrator Dr Garfield closes all industries for five days and extends closures to Mondays through April 1, enforcing a nationwide energy conservation plan amid wartime shortages.
Dr. Garfield, national fuel administrator, bans manufacturing in states east of the Mississippi for five days to conserve coal. All Mondays for ten weeks up to March 25 become legal holidays with factories closed except food sales. restaurants may serve meals. Some factories on government work may operate. Drug stores may sell drugs only. Penalties include 5000 dollars or two years imprisonment or both.
In the second intermediate room taught by Mrs. Hanes, perfect spelling grades were earned by fifth graders Arlene Braude Mabel Sprigg Gerald Geiger and Ruth Tucker. Sixth graders Mary Bouse Harry Herendeen Allen Meinert Gilbert Hamman Tressa Getty Luis Rager and Ruby Sells achieved flawless marks.
The article notes many farmers own timber and some are charitable, but access is blocked to rotted trees. If war continues fuel administrators may survey timbered lands, conscript and cut trees into stove wood, appraise and pay owners the appraised price, forcing entry and sale.
At the regular town board meeting last Friday four applications and one recommendation were filed for marshal. After deliberation John Haney was selected and sworn in, receiving the emblem of office Monday morning.
Union prayer meetings are announced for Thursday evening at the Samuel Smith and B. B. Jones homes and Friday evening at the William Pery and Alex Netzen homes.
The instruction notes emphasize seeking verification from reliable sources for any story whose truth is not established. It advises confirming dates, names, and context before drawing conclusions. This guidance aims to prevent spreading unverified or misleading information.
Rousing appeal urges all residents to cut energy use this winter to stretch scarce fuel supplies. Officials warn that conservation measures by households and businesses will ease strain on the grid and help the community weather shortages.
Walter Sunday, brother of James Sunday, married an Indianapolis woman on Wednesday last week. The couple will reside in Indianapolis this winter.
The piece urges households to conserve coal by burning wood where possible and sharing fuel scarce. It notes many homes use soft coal in stoves and families double up. It calls for wood use by farmers and requires coal dealers to refuse sales to those who can burn wood, asking counties to notify dealers immediately.
In a missive from LaCenter Washington Rev A F Kline writes that AmcorD recipients are in winter’s grip while his area enjoys balmy weather. He notes only a few frosts and a bright sun on January 9 with a springlike outlook, expressing no envy for winter.
Here from Kalamazoo Mrs. John Stoneburner arrived last Friday to visit her daughter Mrs. Levi Halderman and family, sharing in a local family reunion and catching up with relatives.
The Andrews Signal quotes remarks on fuel-saving closures affecting families. Stores and restaurants shut to conserve fuel may let fathers spend evenings at home with mother and the kids. The piece suggests a possible shift toward home life once fuel normalizes.
Farmers seek 3 or 4 year old mares or geldings for work next summer. Match teams and single horses available. Good, large animals offered by Wedrick & Wedrick in Silver Lake Indiana.
The piece argues for restoring all day visiting holidays each Monday through April 1st. It suggests people should go early, stay all day, and combine families to save coal by sharing a single fire.
In this issue readers will find the public notice of a sale advertised by Anne G. Drudge. The sale is scheduled for February 6 and bills for the sale have been printed by the advertiser.
Indiana school children more than 700000 strong plan a one day campaign on January 30 to tag every coal shovel in their locality. Under Horace Ellis and local authorities they aim to urge sparing use of coal to aid Uncle Sam and save fuel nationwide.
Mrs Albert Beber has returned home after visiting her brother Merl Boyer in Rochester where he is recovering from an operation.
Roscoe Ladd and his wife of Detroit arrived here last week to visit Mrs. Margaret Paulus, the grandmother.
Businessmen voiced disappointment over a recurring Monday shutdown, noting laundry day prevents shopping and forces them to stay home to manage household chores. The regular closures affect nine more Mondays, disrupting weekly commerce.
John Colbert of Minneapolis visited this week with his parents Mr and Mrs T J Colbert. He had just been to Boston where he bought a car load of shoes for the next fall trade for the shop where he is employed.
A systematic drive begins the week of February 4 to survey Indiana seed corn supplies and direct farmers to quality seed corn sources. The effort aims to ensure ample, reliable seed stock for the planting season.
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